This is just too great! My first Christmas after my breakup with Jesus is going just like this! I watched the nativity scene production and thought “what a cute bedtime story” then went on loving my family and enjoying the lights. The nostalgia is real. The no longer NEEDING it to be true has evaporated and I feel like I’m just left with this more mature, wiser version of myself that can let others enjoy Santa and Jesus and anything else if it means they will practice more love and experience more joy. What a great poem Celeste. You truly are a talented writer. And an even more talented professional human..the kind that breaks patterns and lives with intentions.
I love how you approached the Nativity with a new view that brings you peace! Thanks for sharing! I had a similar experience watching A Charlie Brown Christmas lastnight with my husband. 😊❤️
Wow. This is deeeep. This is wisdom and maturity and personal growth in perfect prose form.
I gave in and watched A Charlie Brown Christmas lastnight. I had been resisting it, avoiding it even, but I decided, “You know what? It’s one of my favorites. It always has been. I’m gonna watch it.” I watched it through a different lens than I have in the past 25 years, but Linus’ speech still got me a little misty-eyed. Because it brought back those feelings I get when simple stories teach profound lessons.
I don’t really feel like Jesus and I have broken up. I just feel like…we’re on a break. I have discovered he isn’t quite who I thought he was, and that’s okay, really it is…but right now, for my own well-being, I have taken a step back and I’m re-evaluating my relationship with him. After all, it’s not really him (or the idea of him) that lied to me. It was an organization pretending to be led by him. I didn’t break up with Jesus. I broke up with the organization when I realized Jesus wasn’t leading it. I take comfort in knowing that Jesus (at least as I currently understand him) would love me, sit with me in my doubts, and help me find answers to my questions. One doesn’t have to be divine to do that, and one doesn’t need unwavering devotion. One only needs to be a friend.
Merry Christmas, Celeste! Thank you for being a source of healing and validation me these last few months. ❤️
So well written. Exactly how I feel, a warm, amicable breakup with Jesus. Working on an art piece right now about how Jesus told Mary Magdalene ‘Don’t cling to me’.
A little late reading this but, damn, you have done it again and managed to write a beautiful story that helps describe how I see Jesus! It is true that Jesus is shown as merciful and non judgemental, but we as Mormons condemn someone for even the slightest of sins to be evil! Keep up the great work, Celeste!
This is just too great! My first Christmas after my breakup with Jesus is going just like this! I watched the nativity scene production and thought “what a cute bedtime story” then went on loving my family and enjoying the lights. The nostalgia is real. The no longer NEEDING it to be true has evaporated and I feel like I’m just left with this more mature, wiser version of myself that can let others enjoy Santa and Jesus and anything else if it means they will practice more love and experience more joy. What a great poem Celeste. You truly are a talented writer. And an even more talented professional human..the kind that breaks patterns and lives with intentions.
I love how you approached the Nativity with a new view that brings you peace! Thanks for sharing! I had a similar experience watching A Charlie Brown Christmas lastnight with my husband. 😊❤️
This is exactly what I needed to read this first complicated Christmas Eve of mine.
Merry Christmas! Love reading your playful writing
Wow. This is deeeep. This is wisdom and maturity and personal growth in perfect prose form.
I gave in and watched A Charlie Brown Christmas lastnight. I had been resisting it, avoiding it even, but I decided, “You know what? It’s one of my favorites. It always has been. I’m gonna watch it.” I watched it through a different lens than I have in the past 25 years, but Linus’ speech still got me a little misty-eyed. Because it brought back those feelings I get when simple stories teach profound lessons.
I don’t really feel like Jesus and I have broken up. I just feel like…we’re on a break. I have discovered he isn’t quite who I thought he was, and that’s okay, really it is…but right now, for my own well-being, I have taken a step back and I’m re-evaluating my relationship with him. After all, it’s not really him (or the idea of him) that lied to me. It was an organization pretending to be led by him. I didn’t break up with Jesus. I broke up with the organization when I realized Jesus wasn’t leading it. I take comfort in knowing that Jesus (at least as I currently understand him) would love me, sit with me in my doubts, and help me find answers to my questions. One doesn’t have to be divine to do that, and one doesn’t need unwavering devotion. One only needs to be a friend.
Merry Christmas, Celeste! Thank you for being a source of healing and validation me these last few months. ❤️
So well written. Exactly how I feel, a warm, amicable breakup with Jesus. Working on an art piece right now about how Jesus told Mary Magdalene ‘Don’t cling to me’.
A little late reading this but, damn, you have done it again and managed to write a beautiful story that helps describe how I see Jesus! It is true that Jesus is shown as merciful and non judgemental, but we as Mormons condemn someone for even the slightest of sins to be evil! Keep up the great work, Celeste!